The Contra War: The Civil War In Nicaragua

The war began in 1898. There was conflict between Spain and the United States. The war started when Cuba wanted to become an independent country and did not want to be ruled by Spain no more. The Cubans rebelled against Spain and Spain tried to stop the rebellion as fast as they could. The United States got into the when the USS Maine was unexplainably sunk down into the ocean. The ship was sent to protect all the US citizens that were over in Cuba. The ship was sitting in Havana. On April 9 Spain said that they wanted a truce. The United States help Cuba create their own government and got them their independence from Spain that they so desperately wanted. Spain declared war on the United States

This investigation, examining certain events of the Cold War, will answer the question: To what extent did President Ronald Reagan’s actions aid in the end of the Cold War? The Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union that took place from 1947 to 1991. During that time several United States presidents took office, one of the last being Ronald Reagan whose actions have been argued to have been more influential than the rest and impactful toward the downfall of the ongoing war with the Soviet Union. The role that Reagan’s actions played in ending the Cold War has been a controversial topic ever since the war came to a close. This investigation will show that, to a good extent, Reagan’s actions

The Vietnam War served as a major turning point of the Cold War, during which the American public split in its support of the conflict. As a proxy in the superpower conflict between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR), the US entered to support the South Vietnamese who were at war against the communist North. To support the South and its Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States sent military advisory, conducted airstrikes, and committed ground forces with the hope of curbing the growth of communist ideology in the Asian sphere of influence through a communist defeat. However, the American military ultimately did not apply full force against the Northern combatants under the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN/NVA) and Viet Cong (VC). Despite investing considerable quantities of human and material resources to support the South’s fight over control of Vietnam, the focus often diverted to concurrent threats such as West Germany. This notion, combined with the US’ determination to avoid a potential nuclear war that a communist defeat could catalyze, led to restraint in support and eventually its withdrawal from the conflict altogether.

The Carter administration started off with strong corporate connections. He wanted and worked to protect corporate wealth and power.. It was became obvious that Caters actions and cabinet appointments only worked to serve corporate interests while harming the working class. Carter created a South African settlement to help boost corporate investments in terms of raw materials. He then created more of these international settlements t and American corporations could now be found throughout the world. About three hundred active United States Corporations, of which seven big banks earned about forty percent of their entire net profits from sources abroad. These corporations

Historian George F. Kennan maintains that the ideology and circumstances of the Soviet Union were accountable for the political nature of this communist state. Kennan discusses a distinct pattern of thought and concepts to describe the Soviet Union 's position on capitalism and motivation for their conduct.

Prompt: Compare and contrast leadership and economic policies of presidents Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt.

In 1927, the majority of the Nicaraguan government signed peace treaties-Sandino didn’t. He and 300 men continued to fight the US soldiers-who had occupied the country from 1912 to 1925 and then in 1926 to 1933. He had the support of the poor village people. They were the main cause Sandino was so successful in his cause. When the US soldiers finally left in1933, Sandino and his men stopped their fighting. Sandino was offered places in the government but he refused them in order to put his energies into helping the poor. The National Guard, which was set up by the Americans in 1927, was led by Anastasia Somoza Garcia, who had Sandino shot in cold blood in 1934. After its leader was killed, Sandino's group could not regroup, so in 1936 Anastasia

The Mexican Revolution was a very complex and bloody war that lasted for decades. The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 with the plan to overthrow the current ruler Porfiro Diaz Mori. Diaz sought to bring Mexico into the modern times by industrializing the country and with that peasants and rural workers suffered. Diaz was known for using bullying tactics to get his way. Diaz was ultimately overthrown by Madero. Madero was not seen as a great ruler with keeping much of the info structure of the past government that was ruled by Diaz. Many were not happy with Madero not accomplishing anything. He was replaced with Huerta who later assassinated Madero. Huerta was sadly a dictator as well. Carranza would then take over. Carranza wanted peace and with that he created the Constitutional army and constitution. The Mexican Revolution was much more complicated than the simple explanation. The Underdogs is able to show how the period of the Mexican Revolution was chaotic and even more the experience of a revolutionary soldier.

During the Vietnam War, the United States took part in the war. The Vietnam War began in 1957 and ended in 1975. Southeast Asia, a small country was Vietnam had been divided into the Communist Democratic Republic and was commonly known as South Vietnam and North Vietnamese. The government of

I was born in Cartagena, Colombia which is a country that have its origin time, from the rebellion of the colonies against the Spanish monarchy. It is the rebellion that characterized my country in favor to defend human rights and social inequality by our governors. Small guerilla groups were conformed with social ideals in profit the population to fight the injustices and corruption by the state. That definition of "guerilla" was known to me in early history class at school. Around 2000, the term "guerilla" was regular sounds at the radio, but in this time its purposes was different from the base that the group was created which was to fight Colombia 's inequality and corruption government at that time. The guerrilla group in that time which is actually actives and is taking peace dialog in Habana, Cuba, is know as the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). Many demobilized families, kidnapping, child forced recruitment, and bloodthirsty attempt to the civil population have been performed by this guerilla

The problem developed as a result of the fortyfive year long conflict between guerrilla groups, paramilitary organizations and government forces. The cause of fortyfive year long Colombian conflict is rooted within the civil war known as La Violencia, which was caused by the assassination of populist political leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in 1948. This motivated both the political leaders and rural town police to enrage the conservative supporting peasants to take over the agricultural lands of liberal supporting peasants, which later developed into a widespread civil war throughout Colombia. Since the conflict is still going on and civilians are the main component between the

President Ronald W. Reagan was known as a great communicator. In his “Address from the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin Wall)” speech, President Reagan called upon the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open the gates and tear down the wall that divided Berlin. Reagan appealed to the West Berliners by connecting with them through emotions because they rebuilt their city and had prospered and were free. He uses facts to persuade the West Berliners they would benefit from tearing down the wall. He uses examples how other countries who have achieved freedom have been successful. He appeals to their logic that being an economic giant is a positive thing, and also tells them about the outcomes of having freedom.

After the Sandista government overthrew the Samoza regime the economy was left in debt. The Sandista government had to pay off the debt created by the Samoza government and as well live with the destruction of an earthquake that occurred. The country was lacking health supplies, while having increasing diseases like polio and measles. Nicaragua owed “$1.6 billion to the United States and the World Bank (Utting, 1992)”. The earthquake occurred the capital of Nicaragua named Managua. During the 1980’s many people lived in extreme poverty due to the government. Many people were forced to steal from pharmacies, the poor had to steal medicine in order to take care of the sick. An article calls this the “extreme class division” (Schroedar, 2005).

The National Front maintained a few decades of peace, but the political exclusion that was created by the alternating governments was one of the causal factors of the emergence of rebel groups (Cardenas, 2002). Colombia once again found itself divided between the political actors that formed the government coalition, and the groups that were affected by the rural strive of the country and that espoused the Cold War rhetoric, leaning towards Marxist ideologies

In July of 1936, a faction of Spanish troops stationed in northern Africa staged a takeover of Spanish territory in the region. Fueled by nationalistic ideals and a hatred of the newly-instated liberal government, these insurgents quickly seized control of the Canary Islands, Morocco, Navarre, and several other districts in and around Spain. Thus began the Spanish Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in Europe since the end of World War I some eighteen years earlier. Like the Great War before it, this conflict would have lasting and far-reaching consequences that were felt far beyond the borders of Spain itself.